The Help by Stockett, Kathryn

The #1 New York Times bestselling novel and basis for the Academy Award-winning film--a timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we don't--nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read.

Aibileen is a black maid in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, who's always taken orders quietly, but lately she's unable to hold her bitterness back. Her friend Minny has never held her tongue but now must somehow keep secrets about her employer that leave her speechless. White socialite Skeeter just graduated college. She's full of ambition, but without a husband, she's considered a failure.

Together, these seemingly different women join together to write a tell-all book about work as a black maid in the South, that could forever alter their destinies and the life of a small town...

Author: Kathryn Stockett
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Published: 02/10/2009
Pages: 464
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.52lbs
Size: 9.17h x 6.43w x 1.39d
ISBN: 9780399155345
Age Range: 18-UP

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.4
Point Value: 23
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 135979 / Help

Award: Indies Choice Book Awards - Winner
Award: Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize - Winner
Award: Mississippi Authors Award - Winner
Award: Nevada Young Readers' Award - Nominee
Award: Colorado Blue Spruce Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Entertainment Weekly 02/20/2009 pg. 71
People Weekly 02/23/2009 pg. 50
Library Journal Prepub Alert 10/01/2008 pg. 44
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2009
Library Journal 01/15/2009 pg. 83
Romantic Times 02/01/2009 pg. 52 - Excellent
Multicultural Review 07/01/2009 pg. 56
Entertainment Weekly 11/06/2009 pg. 61
Entertainment Weekly 12/25/2009 pg. 110
People Weekly 12/28/2009 pg. 67
Vanity Fair 02/01/2010 pg. 50
Entertainment Weekly 02/12/2010 pg. 109
Entertainment Weekly 03/05/2010 pg. 92
Entertainment Weekly 03/12/2010 pg. 18
Entertainment Weekly 11/05/2010 pg. 29
People Weekly 11/08/2010 pg. 33
People Weekly 08/22/2011 pg. 103

About the Author
Kathryn Stockett was born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. After graduating from the University of Alabama with a degree in English and creative writing, she moved to New York City, where she worked in magazine publishing and marketing for sixteen years. She currently lives in Atlanta with her husband and daughter.